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There aren't as many books on my list as there were last year, but there's a nice mix of SFF, horror, and mystery/thriller I'm looking forward to.


1. Song of Silver, Flame Like Night by Amélie Wen Zhao - January 3, 2023

(YA, fantasy) I'm a bit wary of this author, but I'm always down to try a Chinese-inspired fantasy by a Chinese author.

2. This Book Kills by Ravena Guron - January 5, 2023

(YA, thriller)

3. The Daughters of Izdihar by Hadeer Elsbai - January 10, 2023

(Adult, fantasy)

4. Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie - January 24, 2023

(Adult, horror)

5. Someone Else’s Life by Lyn Liao Butler - February 1, 2023

(Adult, thriller)

6. Best Served Hot by Amanda Elliot - February 21, 2023

(Adult, contemporary romance) I really enjoyed Sadie on a Plate, so I'm looking forward to another food-focused romance from this author!!

7. She Is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran - February 28, 2023

(YA, horror) Still searching for the perfect haunted house book!

8. Delicious Monsters by Liselle Sambury - February 28, 2023

(YA, horror) Still searching for the perfect haunted house book!

9. Rubicon by JS Dewes - March 28, 2023

(Adult, sci-fi) I enjoyed the author's previous series, and Michael Mammay himself blurbed this book, so of course it went immediately on my TBR.

10. The Scourge Between Stars by Ness Brown - April 4, 2023

(Adult, sci-fi, horror) I love any book about a spaceship where spooky things are happening!

11. Paradise-1 by David Wellington - April 4, 2023

(Adult, sci-fi, horror)

12. Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina - April 18, 2023

(Adult, horror, thriller)

13. The Sun and the Star by Mark Oshiro and Rick Riordan - May 2, 2023

(MG, fantasy) Solengelo book! Woooooo!!

14. Lying In the Deep by Diana Urban - May 2, 2023

(YA, thriller) I can never resist a murder mystery set on a ship!

15. To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose - May 9, 2023

(Adult, fantasy) Indigenous fantasy about a dragon rider? Yes to this premise!

16. We’ll Never Tell by Wendy Heard - May 16, 2023

(YA, mystery/thriller) I've never read anything by this author before, but this murder mystery premise sounds interesting?

17. The Surviving Sky by Kritika Rao - June 13, 2023

(Adult, science fantasy)

18. The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon - June 27, 2023

(Adult, sci-fi) Mechas + comp to Nier: Automata = must read for me.

19. Gods of the Wyrdwood by RJ Barker - June 27, 2023

(Adult, fantasy) Okay, I've been mostly burned by pseudo-European fantasy by white authors, BUT the trope of "a Chosen One who failed to do what they were supposed to" is absolutely my catnip, so I'll give this a try!

20. Those We Drown by Amy Goldsmith - June 27, 2023

(YA, horror) A haunted ship? Sign me up!

21. Good Fortune by CK Chau - July 11, 2023

(Adult, romance)

22. Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia - July 18, 2023

(Adult, horror) Another horror book by Silvia Moreno-Garcia? I'm excited!!

23. To Have and to Heist by Sara Desai - July 18, 2023

(Adult, heist) Heist with a bunch of broke graduate students! YES!!

24. Their Vicious Games by Joelle Wellington - July 25, 2023

(YA, thriller)

25. I'm Not Done With You Yet by Jesse Q. Sutanto - August 22, 2023

(Adult, thriller) I'm not completely sure what this book is about, but if it's a thriller about racism in publishing, I'm down.

26. Suddenly a Murder by Lauren Muñoz - September 5, 2023

(YA, mystery) Locked-room murder during a 1920s-themed party! This premise is killer!

27. The Stranger Upstairs by Lisa Matlin - September 12, 2023

(Adult, thriller) Can't resist a haunted house horror/thriller!

28. A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid - September 19, 2023

(YA, gothic)

29. Thieves' Gambit by Kayvion Lewis - September 26, 2023

(YA, heist)

30. The Scarlet Alchemist by Kylie Lee Baker - October 3, 2023

(YA, fantasy) I really liked The Keeper of Night, plus this book is described as FullMetal Alchemist in Tang Dynasty China - how exciting!

31. Night of the Witch by Sara Raasch and Beth Revis - October 3, 2023

(YA, fantasy) Sara Raasch is the author of one of my favorite fantasy books, plus this sounds like an intriguing enemies-to-lovers setup without any toxic red flags, so...I'll give this a go.

32. Curious Tides by Pascale Lacelle - October 3, 2023

(YA, fantasy)

33. Generation Ship by Michael Mammay - October 17, 2023

(Adult, sci-fi)

34. The Blue Monsoon by Damyanti Biswas - October 24, 2023

(Adult, thriller) I really liked The Blue Bar, so I'm excited to read another thriller by this author!

35. People to Follow by Olivia Worley - October 31, 2023

(YA, thriller) This honestly sounds very similar to Never Coming Home by Kate Williams, but I can never resist an And Then There Were None-inspired isolation thriller.

36. System Collapse by Martha Wells - November 14, 2023

(Adult, sci-fi) NEW MURDERBOT NOVEL THIS IS NOT A DRILL AHHHHHHHH!!!!

37. The Kingdom of Without by Andrea Tang - November 28, 2023

(YA, sci-fi, heist) Heist in cyberpunk Beijing? I'm curious.

38. Where the Dead Wait by Ally Wilkes - December 5, 2023

(Adult, horror) I just keep adding horror books to my TBR list for this year.

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